Young Leader Dares Mighty Things to Preserve a Detroit Studio

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Posted March 12, 2019

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Young Leader Dares Mighty Things to Preserve a Detroit Studio

Drew Patrick

Posted on March 12, 2019

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In this episode you’ll learn:

How Skidmore Studio has stayed successful for 60 years

Why Drew doesn’t call Skidmore Studio an agency

Why Drew no longer brings his phone or laptop into meetings

How the dynamic between Drew and his father impacted Drew’s life

How athletics influenced Drew’s life, especially in high school and college

What Drew learned as an accountant at Ersnt & Young

Why Drew suddenly quit his accounting job

How an early business failure caused Drew to start making choices based on his values, and not on money

How the younger generation has “changed the language of the workplace”

Why Drew first became involved with Skidmore Studios

What major struggles Drew faced while starting out at Skidmore Studios

How tragedy led to Drew’s eventual ownership of Skidmore Studios

Why the cohesive Skidmore community meant everything after the sudden death of owner and CEO Tim Smith

How Drew and his team dealt with the passing of their long-time leader

Whether Drew would ever move Skidmore Studios out of Detroit

Why preserving Skidmore Studio’s 60-year legacy is so important to Drew

Why Drew prefers carrying on a legacy over building a new one from scratch

Drew Patrick didn’t expect to become the owner of Detroit’s Skidmore Studio—at least not yet. But when Tim Smith, the creative firm’s beloved owner and CEO, suddenly passed away, Drew embraced the challenge of carrying on Skidmore’s 60-year legacy. Discover how Drew is preserving the studio’s values-driven history while also moving it forward into a brighter future on this week’s donothing podcast.

As president, Drew sees every challenge as an opportunity to improve and is unwavering in his commitment to doing things the right way. In other words, he’s the one you go to when you need to make things happen. He works tirelessly to strengthen Skidmore’s business and foster a workplace that continues to be happy, healthy and successful for the next 60+ years.

Prior to serving as president, Drew was Skidmore’s CFO and received Crain’s Detroit Business CFO of the Year in 2013.

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